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This looks like it could actually be useful.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-54331994
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Norbert wrote: May 10th, 2019, 1:22 amInteresting, technical thread, with investigatory work and reactions, that eventually led to Billy Mitchell being stripped of his records:
https://www.twingalaxies.com/showthread ... -1-062-800

Video that summarizes things: [was removed]
Still developing.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/06/ ... n-records/
https://www.youtube.com/post/UgytIJZJO5mDz_6ZhEp4AaABCQ
https://twitter.com/BillyPacman/status/ ... 2357792768
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"SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he is “highly confident” that the company will land humans on Mars in “about six years from now.”"
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/elon-mu ... -2026.html
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(Of course, watch fullscreen and at 1080p...)
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Who made the video insulting Indonesia in YouTube? I hope that anyone among the Malaysians will be arrested. >:(
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Norbert wrote: August 5th, 2013, 10:05 pm
End of 2020, this became a full, well-received TV series.
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Norbert wrote: January 2nd, 2021, 8:55 pm
Norbert wrote: August 5th, 2013, 10:05 pm
End of 2020, this became a full, well-received TV series.
And now both the series and its main actor have been nominated for a Golden Globe. (category Musical or Comedy)
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/03/ente ... index.html
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Man, those deepfakes (wiki) of Tom Cruise are really well made:
https://twitter.com/search?q=tom%20crui ... yped_query
He looks younger than he currently is, but very realistic otherwise.
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Norbert wrote: September 17th, 2019, 10:42 am Something I never expected to see in my lifetime, Richard Stallman resigning (instead of retiring) from the Free Software Foundation.
https://www.fsf.org/news/richard-m-stallman-resigns
He's back, apparently.
https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/22/ ... fsf_board/
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For now...
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/202 ... fsf-board/
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Norbert wrote: March 23rd, 2021, 12:53 am
Norbert wrote: September 17th, 2019, 10:42 am Something I never expected to see in my lifetime, Richard Stallman resigning (instead of retiring) from the Free Software Foundation.
https://www.fsf.org/news/richard-m-stallman-resigns
He's back, apparently.
https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/22/ ... fsf_board/
[Edit:]
For now...
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/202 ... fsf-board/
Red Hat pulls Free Software Foundation funding:
https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/26/ ... _stallman/
https://twitter.com/kernelcdub/status/1 ... 5538124804
[Edit:]
And OSI (Open Source Initiative) will no longer work with the Free Software Foundation:
https://opensource.org/OSI_Response
[Edit 2:]
And now all hell is breaking loose:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/03/2 ... or-of-rust
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